Bonnie Vale, Western Australia
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Bonnie Vale is a goldfields townsite near Coolgardie in Western Australia.
The town was gazetted in 1897. It was apparently named after Bonnie, a prospector who picked up a 7 oz troy (220 g) nugget here in May/June 1894. [1] It is famous as the site of the Varischetti mine rescue of 1907, when Italian gold miner Modesto Varischetti was rescued after being trapped for nine days in an underground air pocket.
It serves as a stop on the Prospector rural train service.
[edit] References
- ^ Western Australian Land Information Authority. History of country town names - B. Retrieved on 2007-06-08.
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